Sri Lanka: Jaffna University VC refuses to sign MoU with China
Dec 03, 2022, at 05:54 pm
Jaffna, Sri Lanka: Jaffna University Vice Chancellor Sivakolundu Srisatkunarajah has refused to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between China’s State Agricultural University and University of Jaffna by stating that it has the hidden agenda of China to grab fertile lands under the pretext of development projects in the North and East.
Pakistan: Dir resident gets death, prison terms over blasphemy, other religious offences
Dec 03, 2022, at 05:31 pm
Peshawar: A Pakistani court has convicted a Lower Dir resident on the charges of committing blasphemy and other religious offences on social media and awarded death sentence, media reports said on Friday.
Afghanistan: Key politician's office attacked in Kabul, 2 die
Dec 03, 2022, at 03:10 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan Islamic Political Party led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has confirmed his headquarters in Kabul city was attacked during Friday's prayer which left at least two attackers dead, media reports said.
Pakistani embassy in Kabul attacked, 1 hurt
Dec 03, 2022, at 02:38 pm
Kabul: Pakistan’s Head of Mission to Kabul Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani has escaped an assassination bid after the foreign office was attacked on Friday, media reports said.
Taliban defends banning of VOA, RFE/RL, USAGM CEO slams
Dec 03, 2022, at 01:37 am
Kabul: The Taliban administration of Afghanistan has defended banning FM radio broadcasts from two U.S.-funded news media, including the Voice of America (VOA), in Afghanistan, by alleging that they were offending local laws.
Pakistan: Suicide attack on police truck leaves four people dead, TTP claims responsibility
Dec 03, 2022, at 12:03 am
Quetta: A suicide attack on a police truck in Baleli area of Pakistan on Wednesday left four people dead and 24 others injured, media reports said on Friday.
Sri Lanka: Mahinda, Gotabaya Rajapaksa's overseas visits cost Rs 43 mn
Dec 02, 2022, at 03:30 pm
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government spent Rs 43 million on visits abroad by ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his disgraced brother and former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in just one year.
Pakistan: Attack on girl's school in South Waziristan leaves one dead
Dec 02, 2022, at 02:35 pm
South Waziristan: An attack on a girl's school in South Waziristan area of Pakistan on Thursday left at least one man killed, media reports said on Friday.
Chinese govt humiliated Tibetan monks: Reports
Dec 01, 2022, at 05:57 pm
Lhasa: Voice Against Autocracy, a Vienna-based NGO, has said people of Tibet are facing brutality and witnessing the destruction of their culture and continuous atrocities on their people especially in recent times the conditions there have grown from bad to worse, media reports said on Wednesday.
Taliban govt of Afghanistan urges China to speed up efforts for opening of Silk Route: Reports
Dec 01, 2022, at 12:47 am
Industry and commerce minister of Afghanistan has asked China to speed up its efforts for reopening of the Silk Road trade route.
Afghanistan: Blast hits Samangan seminary, 10 students die
Dec 01, 2022, at 12:17 am
Kabul: At least 10 students died as a blast hit Al-Jihadi seminary in the provincial capital of Samangan in Afghanistan on Wednesday, media reports said.
TTP returns to warpath in Pakistan
Dec 01, 2022, at 12:12 am
Islamabad: The proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has asked its combatants to carry out attacks across the country in the wake of “unabated” operations by security forces against militants in the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, media reports said on Wednesday, a move taken by the group when the South Asian nation is witnessing a change in Army's command.
China: Respect right to peaceful protest, says HRW
Nov 30, 2022, at 11:06 pm
Beijing: The Chinese government should respect the fundamental rights of people across China to peacefully protest the government’s draconian “zero Covid” restrictions and to call for freedom and human rights, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
Sri Lanka’s debt to China close to 20 pct of public external debt, reveals study
Nov 30, 2022, at 08:35 pm
Colombo: A study has found Sri Lanka owed Chinese lenders $7.4 billion - nearly a fifth of its public external debt - by the end of last year, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Suicide attack in Quetta leaves three people, including cop, dead
Nov 30, 2022, at 07:57 pm
Quetta: A suicide attack in Quetta’s Baleli area on Wednesday left at least three people, including a police officer and two civilians, dead, media reports said.
Pakistan: Man slaughters wife, three daughters in Karachi
Nov 30, 2022, at 02:28 pm
Karachi: A Pakistani man allegedly killed his wife and three daughters in Karachi city, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: 10 terrorists die in Balocistan
Nov 30, 2022, at 02:18 pm
Islamabad: At least 10 terrorists died during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Pakistan's Hoshab region, media reports said on Wednesday.
China sentences 28-year-old Tibetan to 2 years in prison for allegedly leaking information
Nov 29, 2022, at 12:50 am
Beijing: Chinese authorities have sentenced a young Tibetan man to two years in prison for allegedly sending information to Europe and India via the Chinese social media application (Wechat), media reports said on Monday.
Sri Lankan Airlines facing revival challenge as more pilots exit
Nov 28, 2022, at 11:55 pm
Colombo: Sri Lankan Airline's plan to revive is currently under pressure as more pilots have exited the national carrier of the Island Nation, media reports said.
Pakistan Govt to pay heavy price for borrowing after rate hike: Reports
Nov 28, 2022, at 11:43 pm
Karachi: The interest rate hike will cost heavily to the government as it will have to re-price the Rs 5 trillion maturity of treasury bills and Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs) in the upcoming three months, media reports said on Monday.
Protests held against Pakistan in Japan, US on 14th anniversary of Mumbai attacks
Nov 28, 2022, at 10:52 pm
Tokyo/Washington: Protests were held against Pakistan's suspected involvement in Mumbai attacks in Japan and the USA on the 14th anniversary of the incident, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan: Police constable kidnapped, tortured in Lahore
Nov 28, 2022, at 10:03 pm
Lahore: Five persons allegedly kidnapped a police constable and and tortured him in Paksitan's Lahore city, media reports said on Monday.
Two Pakistani soldiers die during clash with TTP terrorists in Lakki Marwat
Nov 28, 2022, at 03:36 am
Lakki Marwat: At least two Pakistani soldiers died and two others were hurt in a clash with outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists near Wanda Pashan area in Pakistan's Lakki Marwat district on Friday, media reports said.
China: Shanghai witnesses protests over COVID-19 restrictions
Nov 28, 2022, at 03:05 am
Beijing: Residents of China's Shanghai took to the streets on Sunday to protest tough COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns imposed by the authorities amid a record number of daily infections, a local resident told Sputnik.
Pakistan authorities arrest Imran Khan's party senator
Nov 28, 2022, at 02:43 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) on Sunday arrested Azam Khan Swati, a senator from ex-PM Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, for an offensive tweet about military officials.
China: Protests erupt against govt's COVID-19 measures, some demand Xi Jinping's resignation
Nov 27, 2022, at 10:37 pm
Beijing: Protests have started in different corners of China against the strict COVID restrictions imposed in the country and some even demanded the resignation of leader Xi Jinping and other Communist leaders.
'Down with the Chinese Communist Party': Shanghai witnesses anti-Covid protests after fire kills 10
Nov 27, 2022, at 06:14 pm
Shanghai/IBNS: Protests rocked Shanghai early on Sunday, as residents in several Chinese cities, angered by a deadly fire in the country's far west, protested against heavy COVID-19 restrictions nearly three years into the pandemic.
Nov 27, 2022, at 05:42 pm
Rawalpindi (Pakistan): Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday addressed the first public rally of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in Rawalpindi which is also the seat of the country’s powerful army after the assassination attempt on him earlier this month, media reports said.
Taliban’s draconian violations against women may amount to crimes against humanity: Experts
Nov 26, 2022, at 03:33 pm
New York: The latest actions by Taliban de facto authorities targeting women and girls “should be investigated as gender persecution” eleven UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Friday.
Chinese court sentences pop star Kris Wu to 13 years in prison for rape
Nov 26, 2022, at 02:58 pm
Beijing: A Chinese court has sentenced Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu to 13 years in prison after he was found guilty of sex crime.